After a work trip, I’m looking forward to returning home and spending time with my children. Rather than bringing back elaborate treats as I once dreamed, I’m now on the lookout for practical souvenirs like candy or keychains they’d appreciate. Here are some interesting finds from around the web…
Crimped hair is making a comeback—what are your thoughts?
The children each enjoyed three servings of skillet chicken pot pie.
This ballet dancer’s 345-square-foot apartment demonstrates remarkable space efficiency for stretching.
Six lessons from Sense and Sensibility, including “Do not settle for someone unsuitable” and “Close the door behind you, take a long, invigorating walk. Fill your lungs, stretch out your arms—for you are alive!”
“In fighting for every Black child, did I betray my own?”—a fascinating online discourse. Next week, This American Life will feature a conversation with the mother and daughter. (NYTimes gift link)
An excellent 3-in-1 product that enhances my skin and simplifies mornings.
118 alternatives to doomscrolling, including “Go for a cat-spotting walk…Back a car into a driveway without hitting the house.” (NYTimes gift link)
Reader comments:
PNW Grateful shares honeymoon snapshots from nine readers: “When we moved cross country, I found an old card from my dad in a box. He had written, ‘Add this to your honeymoon fund, and have a ball.’ He was an older dad, so he was in his seventies when I got married. Now, when my friends text me about their plans, I say ‘Have a ball!’ as an ode to my dad.”
Rebecca shares her onion-chopping technique: “My husband keeps his dirt-biking goggles in the kitchen for when he chops onions! It always makes me laugh to walk into the room and find him standing there in those giant goggles.”
(Photo by Karsten Winegeart/Unsplash.)
